Open Cellar !

 As if we are not busy enough at the moment running around trying to organise, our most fantastically awe inspiring Great Sausage Roll off, here's another reason to pay a visit to The Red Lion, Barnes.

We are throwing open our doors to the beer cellar, something which will probably not float your boat or grab your attention at all , but , give this a chance & honestly you will be pretty impressed. If you have thoughts of a grubby little room, full of boxes & odours of stale beer then you could not be further from the truth. Come down this Wednesday 23rd Jan, between 12noon till 3pm or in the evening after 7pm & have your preconceptions blown out of the water. Our beer cellar, and a lot of Fuller's beer cellars come to that, is the engine room of the pub, here we condition & finish off the ales which our Masterbrewer has sent us, if you want an insight into this world then pop along & you can taste a drop straight out of the cask, poured by your own hands.
Have a look at the barrel to glass journey. Witness how we train our staff, look & smell some raw of the ingredients of beer. If you're not impressed by then, we promise to refund you your money.........
(by the way it's free !)

The Great Sausage Roll Off 2013 - The Finalists

I'll keep it brief, it's the news you have all been waiting for, here is the full list of the finalists, there maybe a couple more to come, but whilst they're deciding upon which pastry to use, here's some we made earlier ! ....

The Red Lion - Barnes - @RedLionBarnes

The Lawn Bistro - Wimbledon Village –  Chef Ollie Couillaud- @olliecouillaud

Shaws Booksellers, City of London - @shawseC4

The Ship - Wandsworth - @shipwandsworth

Masterchef winner 2010 Dhruv Baker - @DhruvBaker1

The Hampshire Hog - Chiswick - @TheHampshireHog
Chef Peter Frost - @frosticals
The Gun - Docklands - @thgundocklands
The Swan - Bampton , Devon - @theswanbampton

The Masons Arms - Battersea - @masonsbattersea

The Plateau Restaurant - Canada Square – Chef Allan Picket - @chefallanp

The Victoria - East Sheen – Chef Charlie Boyce- @chinaboyce

The Rib Man/Egg_Boss collaboration

- Chefs Mark Gevaux & Sean Lawson - @theribman @Egg_Boss

We Eat - @we_eat
Daffodil Soup/African Volcano collaboration -
- Chefs Linda Galloway & Grant Hawthorne - @Daffodilsoup @AfricanVolcano
The Stonemasons Arms - Hammersmith - Chef Neil Reid - @djbigtwist
The Lamb at Angmering - Chef Dan Catford - @danchef
Charlottes Place Ealing - Chef Gregg Martin -  @CharlottesW5
The Hand & Flower , Olympia - Chef "Cue" - @HandFW14

 

Phew !

 

 

'The Great Sausage Roll Off'

 

Roll up Roll up ! (quite literally)

 

Calling all chefs, bakers & foodies, On the 30^th January 2013 we will be hosting something really special & are inviting you to be part of it. 

It is the launch of a brand new annual event to hit the London food scene.

 

The Red Lion, Barnes presents…. "The Great Sausage Roll Off ",

In a nutshell , or even a pastry case ! it is a quest,  with live cooking, &  real chefs, to find Great Britain’s best sausage roll, it’s not going to be any old sausage roll. We are looking for a sausage roll that has been taken to new heights. We aim only to allow the best calibre entrants with the best ideas & although it’ll be a tongue in cheek evening with banter humour & fun, ultimately we are looking to get the cream of chefs & bakers to create a sausage roll like never before.

 

So make a note of this date in your diary & come along on the night to witness a great event, we need full support from all of you, you do not need to be an entrant to watch & taste !

 

We have a star studded line up of judges on our panel, which will be revealed in due course,(you'll be surprised) there will be a unique quiz during the evening & the beer will be flowing.

First prize, not only will be a glittering trophy, but will also be a fully paid party night aboard Fuller’s very own London Pride Thames river boat for the winning chef & their team. A truly unique prize.

Full updates will be kept on this blog, so keep checking & get your entry in now.

If you would like the chance to be an entrant, email , tweet ( @RedLionBarnes ) , or call Angus at The Red Lion.

 

 

New Years Eve 2012

We are billing this is a "Quiet Night In". It is our relaxed, calm & informal way of seeing in the New Year. You can use it as either as an intimate dinner for two or book with friends & family.
We have created a menu to give our chefs a chance to show off & you can taste this beautiful dinner at a reasonable price.
It's an honest night in our lovely pub, simple as that, no DJs, no stress, no fuss, just a grown up way of seeing 2013 show it's face. Call us or email to book.


Sausage Roll ..... now there's an idea ....

How would you like yours .....?

Big Curry night update.

Thirteen was not an unliucky number for them, what with all that free beer & curry !

So, just a quick update to let you all know what a successful night we had. We managed to raise a little over £800 & with a sponsored parachute jump on the way soon, courtesy of our assistant manager, Alex, this should take it well over the £1000 mark.

 

Pictured above are the thirteen members of the Household Cavalry's Blues & Royals who we invited down for a night on us. They went home with full bellies of Curry & Fuller's Bengal Lancer.  

 

It was a good night with some authentic curries, Special thanks to Nina of V.I.P nuts for her beautifully cooked Punjab chicken curry & use of her secret spices & a thank you also to Neil Reid, one of our in company chefs, for a taste of his mother's 'curry goat', she taught you well mate !

 

 

We are very proud that we are able to hand over a substantial sum & thus help somebody out who laid their life on the line, in the call of duty.

Special thanks also to my staunch loyal regulars for supporting our night, some of whom are pictured left.
During the night we also held a mini auction, the soldiers donated a tour, with lunch afterwards at their barracks in Knightsbridge. Our very own brewery, Fullers, kindly donated a bumper hamper & our local MP, Mr Zac Goldsmith kindly donated afternoon tea, with him, in Parliament, thank you to all of you, we are most gracious.

 

Finally, kind regards also to the team at BigCurry.Org for all their help & assistance with ideas, tweets & promotional material - I promise I will get you some more pubs on board for extra support, speak to you next year !

Gobble til' ya Wobble !



Please forgive us, we couldn't resist it.

So, silly season is looming, this means our annual spiritual trip to the USA is around the corner, in the form of our, now well renowned, Thanksgiving Dinner. Now into it's ninth year here at The Red Lion, Barnes, although we personally, have been laying this on in our various establishments for nearer fifteen years, Oh how time flies when you have fun !

We like to look at Thanksgiving as the perfect prelude to Christmas, we decorate the pub for this day to give it the best possible feel for everybody & is definitely the most successful event of the year, infact as I write this on this date find ourselves half full on bookings already. The majority of these are regular faces that we see every year. Ninety five percent of our customer base is made up of American expats & locals to the Red Lion, living in & around Barnes.

Our menu is a mish mash of North & Southern food, the Cider glazed Turkey is accompanied by cornbread stuffing made from scratch, candied yams with marshmallows,mashed rutabagas & potatoes to name a few of the sides, rounded off with a generous slice of moreish, cinamony, traditional pumpkin pie.

By the way you don't have to be an American to appreciate this event, (but it does help if you can speak the lingo !)

The price per head is £20.00, with two sittings, the first at 17:30 is designed for the younger families with children & the second sitting at 20:30 is for adults only. We do serve half portions for the little ones.

If you want to Gobble till you Wobble, call us now.